Tripod for Nikon D3100?

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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a decent tripod? It'll be my first one so I'm hoping for something sturdy but lightweight. It would help if it's quite cheap too!

Thanks

Marc
 
All tripods should fit your camera.
 
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I think all tripods will fit any camera I went for a manfrotto about £100
 
See the Redsnapper offers
I got one of theirs and delighted with it. (for how often I use it).
 
if it helps and you want cheap as chips, iv had a camlink one from argos for 4 years now, not had a problem yet... £30
 
Thanks all, is there anywhere you'd recommend to buy from?
 
Also, I read somewhere decent tripods don't come with the head ball thing (sorry can't remember what it's called!) I'd this true?
 
Yes. just have a trawl through the internet to see all the different types of heads. You may be able to pick up a deal which includes the tripod and the head. A lot will depend on what sort of photography you are into as to what suites your needs best.
 
Marc. said:
Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a decent tripod? It'll be my first one so I'm hoping for something sturdy but lightweight. It would help if it's quite cheap too!

Thanks

Marc
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There's an ancient proverb floating around here that says that when choosing a tripod choose any two of the following; light, sturdy or cheap. The theory being that if you want light and sturdy you have to pay a lot of money.

I've ended up with two tripods both reasonably cheap (under £100 each) Giottos ones with Manfrotto heads (one with ball head, the other 3 way). One is sturdy but not light, the other is light but not sturdy. I take the light one if I'm going to be carrying it far and the the sturdy one if I'm not. If I had to keep just one I'd pick the sturdy one.
 
When I first got my camera, I wanted to do some long exposure but didn't know if I'd use the tripod that much so I got one for £10.00 on eBay special that was quite small folded up and unfolded to about 5ft 10. I used that until I broke it (which will happen with cheap things from eBay) and realised from there I would use a tripod more and then invested £100.00 on a carbon fibre one from Jessops.

So I'd suggest buying a cheap one just so you can see if you use it but thats just my two peneth.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal...s_Monopods&hash=item27c68d2f11#ht_2635wt_1163
 
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